The three combined to overwhelm Zeller and the Cavs inside en route to a 118-92 victory Monday night at the United Center, the Bulls' 11th straight victory over the Cavs and their fifth straight over the Cavs in Chicago. It was a season high in points for the Bulls, who improved to 19-13.

Asked to compare the Bulls' big men to the others he has faced in this tough stretch, Zeller said: "They're actually completely different. The other guys we've been playing have been a lot more one-on-one, back to the basket. Boozer does some of that, but they did a lot more passing to each other. Their interior passing was phenomenal, and they go to the boards hard."

Boozer, a former Cav, led Chicago with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Deng added 19 points, and Noah had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Reserve Taj Gibson chipped in with 18 points and seven rebounds as the Bulls outscored the Cavs in the paint, 54-36, and outrebounded them, 47-31.

The 31 rebounds were a season low for the Cavs, who fell to 8-28 and lost to the Bulls for the third time this season. Imagine what will happen when Bulls star Derrick Rose comes back from left knee surgery.

Dion Waiters, in his fourth game as the Cavs' sixth man, finished with 18 points. Kyrie Irving and C.J. Miles each had 15 for the Cavs, while Tristan Thompson added 14 points and eight rebounds. Zeller finished with six points and six rebounds.

The Cavs are hoping Varejao will return to practice today and can play Wednesday against Atlanta. But even he has not been able to stop the Bulls from running over the Cavs.

Playing without Varejao, Daniel Gibson (concussion) and Luke Walton (personal issue), the Cavs jumped off to a 30-20 lead with a minute left in the first quarter, holding the Bulls to 36.4 percent shooting (8-of-22). But Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau inserted noted Cavs nemesis Marco Belinelli, who led Chicago on a 13-2 run, and his 3-pointer gave the Bulls a 33-32 lead with 9:11 left in the second quarter.

Belinelli, who scored a season-high 23 points in the Bulls' 95-85 win at Cleveland on Dec. 5, had 15 in the first half as Chicago took a 53-50 lead at halftime. He made all three of his 3-pointers and the Bulls made 6-of-7 (85.7 percent). Miles made 3-of-6 3-pointers in the first half, and the Cavs made 5-of-8 (62.5 percent).

But then, as they always do, the Bulls started to pull away from the Cavs. Boozer had 10 points in the third quarter, as the Bulls pounded the ball inside and built a 16-point lead. They outscored the Cavs in the paint, 14-6, in the third quarter, and on second-chance points, 6-0.

By the end of the game, Scott had cleared his bench, using Omri Casspi, Jeremy Pargo, Kevin Jones and Jon Leuer down the stretch.

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